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Assessing State Progress in Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher(HQT) Goals

Protocol for Department of Education (ED) Review to DetermineWhich States Must Submit Revised HQT PlansState: IOWADate of Review: 5/5/06Overall Recommendation:

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Revised Plan Not Required:

The State is making substantial progress and is not requiredto submit a revised HQT plan _____

Revised Plan Required:

The State has shown good-faith effort in meeting the HQT goal but a revised HQT plan is required __X_

Revised Plan Required, Possible Sanctions:

The State has not shown good-faith effortin meeting the HQT goal. A revised HQT plan is required and the Department willconsider appropriate administrative actions or sanctionsComments to support recommendation:

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) conducted an NCLB Title II, Part A, monitoringreview of Iowa and found the State to be out of compliance in determining the HQTstatus of new elementary teachers. Specifically, Iowa developed the Iowa

Department of Education Student Teacher Evaluation

(IDSTE) as an assessment for new elementaryteachers. ED has determined that the IDSTE does not meet the requirements for a Statetest of content knowledge in reading, writing, mathematics, and other subjects of the basic elementary school curriculum.

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Because of the compliance issue, Iowa’s HQT data do not accurately reflect the HQ statusof new elementary teachers. Therefore, the State’s annual report card and CSPR data arenot in compliance with the NCLB HQT data requirements.

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The State has not been able to correctly identify the HQT status of new elementaryteachers hired in Title I schools, thus the State cannot assure that principals in all Title Ischools send the required notification to parents when children are taught by teacherswho are not HQ.

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Iowa has strategies in place to address inequities in hard-to-staff schools, but lacks acomprehensive written plan to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught byinexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers at higher rates than are other children.

Decision

Approve ____X_________ Signature Miriam Lund /s/ Date 5/10/2006Disapprove ____________ Signature ________________________ Date ____________ 1

Requirement 1: Appropriate HQT Definitions—A State must have a definition of a “highlyqualified teacher” that is consistent with the law, and it must use this definition todetermine the status of all teachers, including special education teachers, who teach coreacademic subjects [ESEA §9101(23); IDEA §602(10)].Y/N/UEvidence

NDoes the State have an appropriate HQT definition in place?YDo the definitions apply to all teachers of core academic subjects,includ

ing special education teachers?YHas the State used these definitions to determine the HQ status of all teachers? NIf the State has established HOUSSE procedures, has it completedits review of teachers who are not new to the profession?Y=Yes; N=No; U=UndecidedFinding: ___ Requirement 1 has been met ___ Requirement 1 has been partially met _X_ Requirement 1 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested______ Submission Deadline

Supporting Narrative:

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) conducted an NCLB Title II, Part A, monitoringreview of Iowa and found the State to be out of compliance in determining the HQ statusof new elementary teachers. Specifically, Iowa developed the Iowa

Department of Education Student Teacher Evaluation

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Iowa is in the process of conducting its final HOUSSE review of its veteran teachers.Source: SEA Monitoring Protocol, Monitoring Report for the January 12-14, 2005 visit (4/21/05and 6/5/05), Iowa State Response (8/16/05), ED Resolution Letter (3/31/06).

In general, the submission deadline for additional information will be 30 business days after the date of the request.

Requirement 2: Public Reporting of HQT Data—A State must provide parents and thepublic with accurate, complete reports on the number and percentage of classes in coreacademic subjects taught by highly qualified teachers. States and districts must providethese data to parents through school, district, and State report cards. Parents of studentsin schools receiving Title I funds must be notified that they may request informationregarding the professional qualifications of their children’s teachers, and they must benotified if their children have been assigned to or taught for four or more consecutiveweeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified [ESEA §1111(h)(6) and §1119(i)].Y/N/UEvidence

NDoes the State have an Annual State Report Card that containsrequired information on the qualifications of teachers, including the percentage of classes not taught by highly qualified teachers? NDoes the State have annual report cards for all of its LEAs andschools that contain required information on the qualifications of teachers, including the percentage of classes not taught by highlyqualified teachers?YDoes the State assure that all report cards are available to the public? NDoes the SEA assure that principals in all Title I schools send therequired notification to parents when children are taught by teacherswho are not HQ? Does the SEA have evidence that notificationoccurs in a timely way?YDoes the SEA ensure that parents of students in Title I districts arenotified that they may request information regarding the

professional qualifications of their children’s teachers?Y=Yes; N=No; U=UndecidedFinding: ___ Requirement 2 has been met ___ Requirement 2 has been partially met _X_ Requirement 2 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested______ Submission DeadlineSupporting Narrative:Website link to report cards:

http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/nclb/reportcard.html

The most recent report card data are for the

2005

year.Were HQT data included in the report cards? Y

Other information (if available):3